Christlike
"christlike" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Christlike” is uncommon English (frequency #97,942 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,942
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
Corpus desk
Index EN-christlike · Christlike · English
Christlike · rank #97,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,942
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Christer
Nearest frequency peer: Christer (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Christlike”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chey
chey
2,065 corpus weight
- choroid
choroid
2,062 corpus weight
- Christer
Christer
2,060 corpus weight
- Christlike
Christlike
2,059 corpus weight
- Christman
Christman
2,058 corpus weight
- cleeve
cleeve
2,053 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Christlike” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Christlike |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Christlike” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Christlike is uncommon English at frequency #97,942 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Christlike in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Christ + -like. The correct English form is Christlike, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-L-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Christlike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.
I always wanted him to get angrier, sharper. He was too Christlike — too decent (and I am convinced he was sincere) to convey the horror, to get across just how ugly it is on the inside of life with AIDS.
Etymology
From Christ + -like.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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